CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League, announced Tuesday
the 60 players that will attend the Canada West selection camp in preparation for the 2012 World Junior A
Challenge.

The selection camp, scheduled for Oct. 28-31, will be held at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary. The
60 players will be divided into three teams – Red, White and Blue – and will play three intrasquad games, in
addition to daily practices.

Players named to the Canada West selection camp roster were selected from the CJHL’s five western Junior A
leagues: the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Saskatchewan Junior
Hockey League (SJHL), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and Superior International Junior Hockey League
(SIJHL).

“With the talent on the ice in Canada’s five western Junior A leagues this season, it was no easy feat to
get down to 60 players,” said Brockman. “We’re excited to get on the ice in Calgary to choose the 22 players
who will wear the red and white and represent the west in Yarmouth.”

“These players represent some of the best prospects in the entire game, not just Junior A,” said CJHL
president Kirk Lamb. “Canada West has enjoyed tremendous success at the World Junior A Challenge and we are
very confident these selections will allow Canada West to be very competitive in Yarmouth.”

The Canada West selection camp roster includes:

Six goaltenders, 18 defencemen and 36 forwards;

24 players from the BCHL, 20 players from the AJHL, seven players from the SJHL, six players from the
MJHL and three players from the SIJHL;

The 2012 World Junior A Challenge will be held Nov. 5-11 at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S. Canada
West will play in Group A, joined by the Czech Republic and Russia, while Canada East, Switzerland and the
United States will comprise Group B.

Preliminary round play will run until Wednesday, Nov. 7, with both semifinals taking place Friday, Nov. 9.
The gold medal game, which will be shown nationally on TSN/RDS, the official broadcasters of Hockey Canada,
is set for Sunday, Nov. 11 (check your local listings). All preliminary round games, quarter-finals,
semifinals and the bronze medal game can be seen live via webcast through FASTHockey at hockeycanada.fasthockey.com.

Fans can now purchase the World Junior A Weekend ticket package, which features six games over the final
three days of the 2012 World Junior A Challenge. The package includes both semifinals on Nov. 9, the
fifth-place game and bronze medal game on Nov. 10 and the second CJHL Prospects Game and gold medal game on
Nov. 11, all at the Mariners Centre. Packages are available for $159, plus service fees.

Canada West has appeared in five of the six gold medal games at the World Junior A Challenges, winning
gold in 2006 in Yorkton, Sask., 2007 in Trail, B.C., and last year in Langley, B.C. It settled for silver in
2008 in Camrose, Alta., and 2009 in Summerside, P.E.I., and finished fourth in 2010 in Penticton, B.C.